WASHINGTON - Nearly three-quarters of the contiguous United States was covered in snow this week, thanks to winter weather that has impacted COVID-19 vaccine shipments and left millions without electricity in the record-breaking cold.More than 71% of the lower 48 states is currently covered by snow, according to data shared Feb.
17 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. The center shares daily "National Snow Analyses."On Feb.
16, approximately 73.2% of the contiguous U.S. was covered in snow — which was the highest coverage area ever recorded in the database, which dates back to 2003, officials said.